Yo Quiero real meat Taco Bell. That seems to be what a California lawsuit against the Taco Bell restaurant chain is exclaiming. A group of attorneys in the state have filed a false advertising class-action suit because, they say, the restaurant’s ground meat mix contains less than 35 percent real beef.
Ay de mi. Taco Bell’s ground beef products are rounded out by other ingredients like water, wheat oats, soy lecithin, maltodextrin, an anti-dusting agent and modified corn starch, the lawsuit claims.
“Rather than beef, these foods are actually made with a substance known as ‘taco meat filling,’” the lawsuit stated.
It continued to state that the majority of ingredients were “extenders” and other “non-meat substances.”
The Montgomery law firm of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methyin, Portis & Miles claims the chain’s products do not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture minimum standards.
Irvine, California, based Taco Bell sternly denied the lawsuit’s claims.
“At Taco Bell, we buy our beef from the same trusted brands you find in the supermarket…,” said President and Chief Concept Officer Greg Creed. “We are proud of the quality of our beef and identify all the seasoning and spice ingredients on our Website.”
Creed said the company planned legal action regarding “false statements being made about our food.”